Bowling-ball cleaner.



H. E. WOLKEN.

BOWLING BALL CL EANER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1915.

witnesses t OFFIC HERMAN E. WOLKEN, OF LEIGH, NEBRASKA.

' BOWLING-BALL enema.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN E. WOLKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leigh, in the county of'Colfax, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements I in Bowling-Ball Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it apper tains to make and use the same. I

This mventlon rel tes to improvements in attachments for bowling alleys.

.of-the return track hind the foul line The principal object of the invention is to provide a device for attachment to the ball return track of [a bowling alley for removing dust anddirt from the balls.

Another object is I vice for attachment to the return track of a bowling alley through. which the balls roll so that the matically removed'fromthefballs.

Other objects and advantages will'be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with. the accompanying drawing, in which: v

' Figure 1 isa-si de elevation of a ortion showing my invention mounted thereon, Fig. .2 is an-enlarged vertical: longitudinal sectional view" through the clean ng device and portion of the track, Eifg'siiiisa vertical transverse sectionon the which the ten-pin balls roll'toward the buf;

at the ends of'b'oth t 13 dLSPO d 11. The tracks each cornfer pos tracks 10 and prise a pair Specification pf Letters Patent.

' ably. 0 vided a rin to provide S r-a dustfand dirt will be auto-1.

of a bowling a ey beends turned foutwar 1,'and Fi .54 is an en of one of theof parallel rails, and secured Patented Jul 18,1916.

Application filed April 1,1915. Seria1Nc. 18,581. a

to theinner vertical faces of the rails of the a track 11 are the longitudinal parallel "strips similar strip 16 is secured to the upper closed parts of the rings to hold them in .1

proper alinement and in proper spaced posit1on.- Secured to the'inner curved faces of the rinfgs are the brushes 17 formed prefer- I long soft hair. Thus there 1s proof inwardly directed bristles through wh1ch the balls 18 roll, the device forming in effect a tunnel for the balls. The hair belng long and soft, there will be no by the hair or bristles ofthe brushes will surface of every ball as it asses through.

. retarding of the rotation of the ball, where- I From the foregoing it will readily ,be seen that I have provided a simple, novel, and elr'icientdevice for bowlinp fective The (i I be readily applied to the ordinary track of abowlingale What is claimed is:

the upper closed I rings-kt!) hold the atter in spaced relation,

alley, whereby the balls will be eat-- cleaned before they are again used. evice is of such a nature that itca'n v I the. return track ofa I v a .7 Ina device of the class described, 8/ lu ra-lity'of metallic open rings'having .t ei'r'f ly, a strip secured to ortion of each of said, a'j'pair' of spaced parallel strips connecting the outt'urned ends at veach side of'said rin' s,

and'bristle's projecting inwardly from to inter orsurface of each of said rings, stantlally as descr1bed.'

Q In testimony whereof, I .aflix my signature,

'in'the presence of two witnesses. I II HERMAN E. WOLK EN a 1 .-Witnesses:

. FRANK A.FRIT10N,

- BEN A. WoLKnN'. 

